Phase change memory for synaptic plasticity application in neuromorphic systems

Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 619-624

  Suri, Manan ^a   Sousa, Veronique ^a   Perniola, Luca ^a   Vuillaume, Dominique ^b   DeSalvo, Barbara ^a  

^a CEA LETI   (France)

^b INSTITUT D ELECTRONIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SYNAPSE; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG-TERM POTENTIATIONS; NEUROMORPHIC SYSTEMS; PROGRAMMING PULSE; PULSE AMPLITUDE; SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY; SYNAPTIC WEIGHT;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

PHASE CHANGE MEMORY;

EID: 80054761721     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IJCNN.2011.6033278     Document Type: Conference Paper

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